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Iranian Cops Raid Nobel Winner's Office

Prosecutors claim Shirin Ebadi's organization was acting as political party

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(Newser) – Iranian police today raided the office of a human rights group led by Nobel prize-winning activist Shirin Ebadi, Reuters reports. The office was hours away from hosting a Human Rights Day celebration when cops shut it down. "We will protest against it," said Ebadi. "It will not deprive us from our rights activities." Prosecutors charged the group with operating a political party.

Workers at the center said police didn't show a warrant during the raid. Ebadi has frequently criticized Tehran's human rights record, most recently at a United Nations forum last week in Geneva. But Iran’s judiciary insists that the center “had illegal contacts with local and foreign organizations.”

Journalists talk to Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi, center, as she leaves the Center for Protecting Human Rights, after police shut it down, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2008.
Journalists talk to Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi, center, as she leaves the Center for Protecting Human Rights, after police shut it down, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2008.   (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iranian police accuse Shirin Ebadi's human rights organization of illegally acting as a political party.
Iranian police accuse Shirin Ebadi's human rights organization of illegally acting as a political party.   (AP Photo/Keystone/Magali Girardin)
Shirin Ebadi has called on Iran and the United States to find a peaceful resolution to the standoff over Tehran's nuclear program, warning that military action would harm both countries.
Shirin Ebadi has called on Iran and the United States to find a peaceful resolution to the standoff over Tehran's nuclear program, warning that military action would harm both countries.   (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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The center was acting as a [political] party without having legal permit. It had illegal contacts with local and foreign organizations. It had organized news conferences and seminars. - Mehr news agency

The closure of the office without providing a legal warrant is illegal. We will protest against it. It will not deprive us from our rights activities. - Shirin Ebadi

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